Wagon-body lifter.



I(No Model.)

Patented Oct. 3, |899.

0. H. DRINKWATEB. WAGON BODY LIFTEB.

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ORLO II. DRINKVATER, OF COTTONW'OOD FALLS, KANSAS.

WAGON-BODY LIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 634,404, dated October3, 1899.

Application filed March 28,1899. Serial No. 710,773. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORLo H. DRINKWATER, residing at Cottonwood Falls, inthe county of Chase and State'of Kansas, have made certain new andusefullmprovements in Wagon- Body Lifters, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention is an improvement in wagonbody lifters, andhas for anobject to provide a simple construction by which lgreat power may beexerted in a simple mannerto lift a wagon-body from the running-gear andby which the runnin g-gear can be caused to tra-nsmit the power; and theinvention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations ofparts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure I is a side View of f my improved wagon-bod ylifter with the body connected to the toggle so it will be lifted whenthe running-gear is moved forward to adjust the lower end of the slidingtogglearm toward the corresponding end of the other arm of the toggle,and Fig. 2 isa perspectiveview showing the wagon-body lifted andsuspended from the toggle.

The present invention may be regarded as an improvement upon theapparatus described and shown in my former patent, No. 530,168, issuedDecember 4, 1894. v In my present apparatus I provide a toggle havingarms jointed together at their upper ends and arranged to be brought attheir lower ends into juxtaposition, whereby to elevate the joint of thetoggle where the body is supported. This toggle operation is'important,as by it I secure in an easy manner the power necessary to raise thebody, as will be more fully described.

In the construction shown I employ a base composed of sills A, which maybe suitably formed and are anchored in operation by stakes c, as shown.One of the toggle-arms B is jointed at its lower end C to the sills Aand near its upper end to the upper end of the otherv toggle-arm E,which slides at its lower end upon the sills A, so it may adjust towardthe jointed end. C of the arm B to bring the lower ends of thetoggle-arms into juxtaposition in order to lift the joint of the toggleand so lift the wagon-body suspended therefrom.

The toggle-arms are composed of the opposite side bars, which arepivoted to their respective sills and are connected at their upper endsby the cross-bar C, which is supplied with hooks on which are supportedthe chains C2, which connect with the wagon-body in any desired manner.By preference each side bar of the toggle-arms is formed of twolbarswhich lap on opposite sides of the base-sills, as shown, and the sidebars of the toggle E are likewise formed of two wooden bars,which aresuitably spaced apart to receive between them near their lower ends therollers E', which run upon the sills A. At their upper ends the sidebars of the toggle-arm E have stems E2, which lit between and arepivot-ed to the sections of the side bars of the togglearm B, as is bestshown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. This construction is simple, strong,and enables the parts to be readily constructed and connected withoutthemecessity of any highly-skilled labor.

At a suitablepoint the sills A are provided with stops A to limit themovement of the lower end of the toggle-arms in lifting the wagon-body,and such sills are provided adjacent to the stops A with notchesordepressions A2, into which drop the rollers E'. When the toggle-arm Ehas been adjusted to the position shown in Fig. 2, it may be secured bya bolt orbolts H, passed through its side bars into the sill or sills inorder to lock the parts in position to hold the wagon-body elevated whenso desired.

In the use of my improvement, when the parts are as shown in Fig. I, thewagon-body may be connected by the chains C2 with the upper end of thetoggle and the running-gear of the wagon may be hitched by a rope 'orotherwise to the lower end of the arm Il of the toggle. If now the wagonrunning-gear be drawn forward by the team or otherwise, the lower end ofthe toggle-arm E will be drawn toward the lower end of the arm B and thejoint of the toggle will be elevated,

'lifting the body of the wagon off the runninggear to the position shownin Fig. 2, where it maybe secured by means of the bolt H or otherwise,as before described. In connecting the rope by which the toggle E ishitched to the running-gear I prefer to provide a movable bar I,extending from side to side be- IOO tween the side bars of thetoggle-arm E and held as shown. In securing the bar I, I prefer toprovide the side bars of the toggle E with loop-keepers fi, in which thebar I may be slipped endwise.

Manifestly the wagon-body lifter may be used in the open air or in abarn or other inolosnre and may be modified to suit the loes tion inwhich it is used.

It will be readily seen that my lifter is adapted for Wagon-bodies ofdilerent sizes, as the chains C2 can be readilyeonneeted with anyordinary forni of4 Wagon body or bed to lift the saine whenever desired.

Guy-lines Jare provided by which to steady the apparatus in the positionshown in Fig. 2 when the Wagon-body is elevated.,

Havin g thus described my invention, what I elailn, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. In a Wagon-body lifter the combination of the sills, the toggle-armhaving its side bars pivoted to said sills, and the toggle-arm havingits side bars pivoted at their upper ends to the pivoted toggle-arm androllers operating upon the sills substantially as set forth.

2. In a wagon-body lifter the combination of the sills provided withstops and adjacent thereto with notches or depressions, and thetoggle-arms one of which is pivoted to the sills and the other of whichis movable on said sills and rollers dropping into the notches ordepressions thereof substantially as set forth.

3. The wagon-body lifter composed of the sills, the toggle-arms jointedtogether at their upper ends and composed each of side bars having attheir lower ends portions lapping on opposite sides of the sills, thelower portions of the side bars of one toggle-arm being pivoted to thesills antifrietion-rollers operating on the sill, stops on the sill forengaging the moving arm of the toggle and devices for looking the togglewhen raised substantially as set forth.

4v. A Wagon-body lifter comprising the sills, a toggle-arm havingopposite side bars piv= oted at their lower ends to said sills, and thetoggle-arin having its opposite side bars piv-v oted at their upper endsto the first togglearm and movable at their lower ends along the sills,substantially as set forth.,

ORLO H. DRINKXVATER.

Witnesses z GEORGE XV. URUMB,

nNJAMIN L. SPENCE.

